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Gate, as the exclusive platform supporting Korean stock trading services, continues to enrich its global stock asset layout. On June 25, the Korean stock semiconductor sector maintained a strong performance, and market trading enthusiasm continued to heat up. According to the latest data from the Gate platform, the semiconductor leader SK Hynix reached a high of $1914.2 and a low of $1626.2 during the day, currently reported at $1873.2, with a daily increase of 8.65%. According to CoinGlass data, the Gate SK Hynix (SKHYNIX) contract position exceeds $34.4749 million, with a 24-hour increase of over 154.15%, ranking among the top two in the industry.In addition, Gate officially launched a semiconductor stock welfare activity from June 23, 17:00 to July 1, 00:00 (UTC+8): users who purchase Gate stocks will have the chance to share a prize pool of fractional shares of SK Hynix worth 3,400 USDT, and new users completing their first order can receive up to 2 shares of SK Hynix.

According to on-chain data monitored by Catcher Predict, significant capital movements are predicted in the Polymarket market. A large whale invested $80,844.91 in "South Africa vs. South Korea" event, specifically targeting "South Korea." Based on the current transaction price, the latest corresponding winning probability for this target is 58%.

South Korea will incorporate tokenized securities into the overall framework of capital market reform. The Financial Services Commission (FSC) recently launched a review meeting on capital market infrastructure to coordinate the advancement of reforms such as speeding up securities settlement, extending trading hours, and digital transformation.According to the plan, the tokenized securities framework will officially take effect in February 2027, and relevant subordinate regulations are expected to solicit public opinions in July this year. In terms of infrastructure development, Samsung SDS has been contracted by the Korea Securities Depository (KSD) to develop a tokenized securities management platform, aiming to integrate the existing electronic securities account system with blockchain data, with the goal of completing this by February 2027.

According to the Korea Economic Daily, at least seven companies, including Dunamu, the operator of the South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Upbit, have submitted proposals to bid to become the first private custodian of virtual assets seized by the Korean National Police Agency. Other bidders include major custodians Korea Digital Asset (KODA), Korea Digital Asset Custody (KDAC), BDACS, Hecto Wallet One, Infinite Block, and DSRV.An official from a virtual asset custody institution explained that the selection results may be finalized next month. The official pointed out that in a previous pilot project conducted for the National Tax Service, the winning bidder was determined within one to two weeks after the proposal presentation concluded.

According to the Chosun Ilbo, 22 Bitcoins that were previously held by the Gangnam Police Station in Seoul during the investigation of a financial hacking case have been lost, amounting to approximately 2.2 billion won at the latest market value. The investigation revealed that the Bitcoins involved were stored in an offline wallet held by the complainant, and individuals who knew the mnemonic phrase subsequently restored and liquidated them externally.

The Korean Tax Tribunal recently made a re-investigation ruling on a dispute regarding the gift tax on Bitcoin. The case involves whether transferring Bitcoin through a spouse's overseas exchange account constitutes a gift, which has attracted widespread attention in the cryptocurrency tax community. The case shows that taxpayer A transferred 67 Bitcoins stored in a personal hardware cold wallet (Ledger) to avoid direct transfer to a domestic exchange due to the Travel Rule regulatory restrictions in South Korea, using spouse B's overseas exchange account for the transfer. The entire process took only 2 to 8 minutes, after which the Bitcoins were sold to purchase real estate.The tax authorities determined that this action constituted a gift between spouses and imposed a gift tax on A. A appealed, claiming that the Bitcoins were personal assets held since before 2014 and submitted a memorandum of understanding signed with the spouse—where it was agreed that if the Bitcoins appreciated, real estate would be purchased, and 13 Bitcoins would be gifted to the spouse as compensation. A argued that determining it as a gift solely based on the brief passage of funds through the spouse's account was a qualitative error.After review, the Tax Tribunal found that A failed to adequately submit key evidence such as the memorandum of understanding, gift contract, and photos of the hardware wallet during the tax investigation, leading to flaws in the investigation process. At the same time, the distribution method of 67 Bitcoins transferred to A's account and 13 Bitcoins retained under the spouse's name was consistent with A's statements. Based on this, the Tribunal ruled that a new investigation must be conducted regarding the actual ownership of the hardware wallet and the substantive ownership of the digital assets. This case is seen as a landmark case in South Korea's cryptocurrency tax practice, directly addressing the challenges of determining ownership of cold wallet assets and the tax classification of cross-account transfers.

According to the National Daily, the Bank of Korea (central bank) warned in its "Financial Stability Report for the First Half of 2026" that as the correlation between the cryptocurrency market and traditional markets increases, the impact of the crypto market may spill over into traditional stock and foreign exchange markets. The central bank's analysis pointed out that due to a more diversified investor base and the evolving market structure, the likelihood of the crypto market transmitting risks to the traditional financial sector is rising.

According to the official announcement, Gate Stocks has officially launched 7×24 hour trading services for US stocks, Hong Kong stocks, and Korean stocks. Building on the existing pre-market, intraday, and after-hours trading, it further supports overnight and weekend trading, breaking through the traditional securities market trading time limitations. It has become one of the first platforms in the industry to offer round-the-clock trading across the three major stock markets of the US, Hong Kong, and Korea, providing users with a more flexible and efficient global stock trading experience.Currently, Gate Stocks has formed a global stock trading system covering the three core markets of US stocks, Hong Kong stocks, and Korean stocks, supporting over 10,000 US stocks and ETFs, more than 1,500 Hong Kong stocks, and over 1,000 Korean stocks, totaling more than 12,500 stock and ETF assets worldwide, including globally representative listed companies such as Apple, NVIDIA, Microsoft, Tencent Holdings, Xiaomi Group, Samsung Electronics, and SK Hynix. Users can participate in global stock investments through a unified account using USDT, enjoy stock dividend rights, and support fractional trading starting from as low as 0.01 shares, further lowering the threshold for global asset allocation.At the same time, Gate Stocks has fully integrated into the platform's VIP level system. Users with holdings of $2,000 or more can upgrade to VIP status, enjoying an exclusive trading fee rate of as low as 0.023% and 1V1 customer manager service. In the future, Gate will continue to expand its global market coverage and improve its multi-asset trading service system, creating a more open, convenient, and efficient one-stop investment platform for global users.

According to Newsis, the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of South Korea has referred about 40 unregistered virtual asset service providers to law enforcement agencies for action. The report points out that these unregistered companies are not subject to the South Korean "Virtual Asset User Protection Act" and the "Specific Financial Transaction Information Reporting and Use Act," and therefore face risks such as personal data breaches and hacking attacks, and may also be used for money laundering and concealing criminal funds.

According to the National Daily, the Bank of Korea (central bank) warned in the "Financial Stability Report for the First Half of 2026" that as the correlation between the cryptocurrency market and traditional markets increases, the impact of the crypto market may spill over into traditional stock and foreign exchange markets. The central bank's analysis points out that due to a more diversified investor base and the evolving market structure, the likelihood of the crypto market transmitting risks to the traditional financial sector is rising.The report notes that since South Korea has not yet approved spot and futures cryptocurrency ETFs, and corporate participation is limited, the direct impact on the domestic financial market is currently still limited. However, the central bank also warned that if the scope of institutional and corporate participation expands in the future, significant price shocks in crypto assets could spread to the domestic stock and foreign exchange markets.

The South Korean payment platform KG Inicis announced that it will introduce stablecoin payments to the Solana blockchain and has signed a strategic cooperation memorandum (MOU) with the Solana Foundation.KG Inicis has an annual transaction volume exceeding 250 trillion won. This collaboration will combine its existing payment infrastructure and merchant network to promote the on-chain payment of digital assets. In the future, the platform will also launch a token-based merchant reward mechanism.Currently, South Korean payment giants are accelerating the exploration of stablecoin applications in real payment scenarios, and this collaboration with Solana is seen as an important layout in the field of on-chain payments.

According to CoinDesk, blockchain infrastructure company Chainlink Labs has announced that it will join an alliance composed of several banks that collectively manage assets exceeding $10 trillion, aiming to promote real-time cross-border foreign exchange payment settlements based on stablecoins within a year.The alliance is named "Project Pangea." Niki Ariyasinghe, Vice President of Chainlink for the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions, stated in a video interview on Tuesday that the project aims to reshape the global foreign exchange market.In addition to Chainlink, the alliance also includes: a euro stablecoin consortium Qivalis supported by 37 European banks; and a Korean banking alliance UniKA representing more than 10 commercial banks.The goal of the project is to explore moving foreign exchange settlements from the traditional T+2 (48 hours after the transaction) cycle to an almost instantaneous T+0 settlement method, primarily relying on regulated euro and Korean won-pegged stablecoins—cryptocurrencies that are pegged 1:1 to the underlying fiat currency.

According to SBS Biz, in the past three years, overseas remittances through cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea have increased by 380%, while remittances through traditional banks have only grown by 20%. Last year, the total amount of foreign currency remittances from South Korea's five major banks was 159 trillion won (approximately 122 billion USD), an increase of 20% compared to 131.8 trillion won (approximately 101 billion USD) in 2022.At the same time, data from the office of Congressman Kim Sang-hoon shows that during the same period, the remittance amount through the five major won-denominated cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea surged from 34.02 trillion won (approximately 26.2 billion USD) to 163.55 trillion won (approximately 125.8 billion USD), an increase of 380%. Dongguk University professor Hwang Seok-jin attributes the significant growth in cryptocurrency remittances to their lower transaction fees compared to banks.

The sell-off in tech stocks has severely impacted the market, with Japanese and South Korean stock markets accelerating their decline in the afternoon. The Nikkei 225 index closed down 2565.58 points on June 23 (Tuesday), a decrease of 3.55%, closing at 69788.38 points. The South Korean KOSPI index closed down 910.49 points, a decrease of 9.99%, marking the largest single-day drop since March 4, closing at 8204.06 points; both SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics fell over 12%.

Binance will launch bStocks tokenized securities trading pairs: AMDB/USDT, EWYB/USDT, INTCB/USDT, and MSTRB/USDT on June 23, 2026, at 21:30, and will enable spot algorithm trading robot services. Deposit and withdrawal services will open on the same day at 22:30, with zero order fee during the event, until September 1, 2026, at 07:59.

According to the official announcement, Gate stock continues to expand its global stock trading scenarios. In addition to the existing pre-market, intraday, and after-hours trading, it has now added support for overnight trading and weekend market closure trading, further expanding the coverage of trading hours and supporting 24/7 trading for US stocks, Hong Kong stocks, and Korean stocks. The first phase opens a total of 215 trading targets, including 195 popular US stocks such as Apple, Nvidia, Tesla, and Microsoft, 17 Hong Kong stocks including Tencent Holdings, Xiaomi Group, and Meituan, and 3 Korean stocks including Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Hyundai Motor, further breaking the traditional securities market trading time restrictions and enhancing users' global asset allocation efficiency.

According to the official announcement, Gate stocks have officially launched the Korean stock trading service. Users can now directly use USDT to trade stocks listed on the Korean Exchange (KRX) without the need to open a traditional Korean brokerage account or convert to Korean won, allowing for convenient participation in the Korean capital market. Korean stocks will share a unified stock account system with US stocks and Hong Kong stocks, supporting trading, position management, profit and loss inquiries, and other functions, achieving one-stop allocation and management of digital assets and global securities assets.Gate's Korean stock business initially launched stocks ranked in the top 1,000 by market capitalization on the Korean Exchange (KRX), covering the KOSPI main board and KOSDAQ market. The first batch of trading targets includes representative listed companies in the Korean market such as Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, NAVER, Hyundai Motor, and Celltrion. In addition, Gate will hold a Korean stock trading event from June 22 at 16:00 to June 30 at 16:00 (UTC+8), allowing participation in popular stocks in the Korean market and sharing rewards of over $200,000 in Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Hyundai Motor stocks.